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HI-Arts Event Reviews archive from October 2007

	GEORGE MACKAY BROWN FELLOWSHIP WRITERS’ RETREAT (Hoy, Orkney, 5 – 7 October 2007) MORAG MACINNES reflects on the inaugural GMB Fellowship writer’s retreat on Hoy. 31 October 2007

Margaret Bennett (photo - Sam Sills).	MARTYN BENNETT NIGHT (Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 27 October 2007) SUE WILSON hears the musical legacy of Martyn Bennett act as a catalyst for new creative explorations. 31 October 2007

	BLAZIN ' IN BEAULY (Phipps Hall, Beauly, 19 October 2007) JENNIE MACFIE joined the closing night celebrations at this year’s Blazin’ in Beauly. 25 October 2007

	DRÀMA NA H-ALBA 3 (Various Venues, Inverness, 18-22 October 2007) AILEEN SKINNER caught up with The Big Shop and shows by Jackie Goode, Reeling & Writhing and Howard Marks. 24 October 2007

	DRÀMA NA H-ALBA 2 (Various Venues, Inverness, 18-22 October 2007) JENNIE MACFIE reports on work by Whisky Kisses, Theatre Hebrides, Forres Parkour, Plan B, Tara Arts and Volcano Theatre Company. 23 October 2007

	DRÀMA NA H-ALBA 1 (Various Venues, Inverness, 18-22 October 2007) GEORGINA COBURN checks out work by Arts In Motion, Fish & Game, Mull Theatre and Grey Coast Theatre Company. 23 October 2007

	STANLEY CURSITER (Summer 2007, Kirkwall) MORAG MACINNES reflects on this summer’s celebration of the work of artist Stanley Cursiter in his native Orkney. 16 October 2007

Harris, Isla and Lewis in 'The Callanish Stoned'.	THE CALLANISH STONED (An Lanntair, Stornoway, 12 October 2007, and touring) IAN STEPHEN finds the revival of Kevin Macneil’s play has a more finely-tuned edge this time round. 16 October 2007

	LIGHT IN THE NORTH (Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, until 3 November 2007) GEORGINA COBURN is disappointed by a poor reflection of the work of North Lands Creative Glass. 11 October 2007

	BENEATH YOU: SPIDER GIRLS ARE EVERYWHERE (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 5 October 2007, and touring) MARK FISHER finds that a laudable aim is not realised with sufficient conviction in the new Birds of Pardaise production. 09 October 2007

	A SHEEP CALLED SKYE (Bladnoch Distillery, Wigtown, and touring 2007) MARK FISHER reckons this new NTS Ensemble show for children misses the mark. 09 October 2007

	MOLLY SWEENEY (Bladnoch Distillery, Wigtown, and touring 2007) MARK FISHER welcomes the NTS Ensemble’s revival of a life-affirming theatrical experience. 09 October 2007

	BOB PEGG: PEOPLE OF THE SEA (Inverness Library, 6 October 2007) GEORGINA COBURN finds children and adults captivated by the ancient wiles of the storyteller’s art. 09 October 2007

	HIGHLAND OPEN STUDIOS 2007 MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION (The Lime Tree An Ealdhain Gallery, Fort William, until 14 November 2007) GEORGINA COBURN welcomes a wide-ranging group show from members of the region’s largest artists' collective. 09 October 2007

	NEIL GUNN LECTURE - KENNETH WHITE (Inverness Book Festival, Royal Highland Hotel, 2 October 2007) GEORGINA COBURN wrestles with Kenneth White’s extrapolations of Neil Gunn’s Highland River in the inaugural Neil Gunn Lecture 03 October 2007

	THE JOHN LENNON NORTHERN LIGHTS FESTIVAL (Durness, 29 September 2007) BARRY GORDON dips into the inaugural John Lennon Northern Lights Festival in the ex-Beatle’s one-time holiday spot 02 October 2007

	THE TRIUMPHS OF ORIANA (Strathpeffer Pavillion, 28 September 2007) GEORGINA COBURN finds herself transported back to the reign of Elizabeth I in a memorable programme of period music and dance 01 October 2007

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